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“For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
John 6:33

Today’s Bible Reading

The returned Judeans begin rebuilding the altar of the Lord so that they may resume offering sacrifices. The Judeans lay the foundation of the new temple. The people shout for joy, but many of the older Judeans weep loudly, remembering the grandeur of the first temple.

BibleGateway: Ezra 3 ESV Text: Ezra 3 Ezra 3 (Listen) Rebuilding the Altar 3:1 When the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem. 2 Then arose Jeshua the son of Jozadak, with his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel with his kinsmen,… 

Believers in Christ are free to serve the Lord out of faith and love, not out of fear of the Law. The Law is good, but it brings death to those who transgress it. The new man of faith within the believer struggles constantly against the sinful flesh. We must endure this battle until the Lord calls us to our eternal rest.

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BibleGateway: Romans 7 ESV Text: Romans 7 Romans 7 (Listen) Released from the Law 7:1 Or do you not know, brothers1—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a…